Harper Collins 2011
ISBN: 978073332954
Zoe grew up in Brisbane in the 70’s and 80’s feeling only half Australian. She denies her Italian heritage, refusing to learn the language and dyeing her hair blonde. This is her personal journey to discover her heritage. In a beautifully written and heart warming style she tells of her travels to Fossa in Abruzzo, a magical place of dark forests and castles to meet her extended Italian family. Here her family has lived for centuries and she is captivated by the village. Zoe at last realises the true value of her heritage through its stories, recipes and traditions, as the village is hit by an earthquake!
ABC Books Sydney 2012
ISBN: 9780733329425
Jane is a happy, independent, single young woman, living in Melbourne. Working as a P.A. she meets and falls in love with Peter Phillip a director of the mining company she works for. Being the man of her dreams, they also have dreams to fulfil and they find themselves moving to a wildlife reserve in the far north of South Africa. Jane tells her tale with a warm and witty honesty as she starts her new life in the Limpopo Valley, she describes her encounters with the charming people she meets, the stunning wildlife in her daily life and the couples program for “re-wilding” cheetahs on their reserve.
University of New South Wales Press 2011
ISBN: 9781742232553
Tanveer Ahmed tells of the complexities of growing up in Sydney’s west in an immigrant Bangladeshi family full of turmeric and spices. His stories emerge as a result of the culture clash, as he leads a double life dabbling in the Australian cuisine and cultural activities, while his family need him to follow in their traditional ways. He is at one time a member of a rock group called the Taliban, a Bollywood host , a student of medicine, before settling for a career in psychology. In a gentle and modest way he tells of his fathers painful acceptance of change and the surrendering of his place as a traditional patriarch. A charming and funny book.
Harper Collins 2011
